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Answer» I am trying to install WinXp Pro.
i formated my drive, then it said disk boot falure, insert system disk and press enter, so i got a floppy boot disk that i had to install my drives, when i put it in and restarted my pc i got this message>
"Microsoft (R) Windows Millennium
(C) Copyright Microsoft Corp 1981-1999
A:\> "
(I dont know what to type next)Your computer is giving you a boot failure because your hard drive is empty (because of the format) and there is no operating system to boot.
So if you want to install XP, insert your XP install disc (or OEM system restore disc). Usually, inserting the disc and rebooting the computer will start the XP setup program automatically. If your computer does not, tell us and we will help you find out why.Yeah i tryed that using a WinXP cd, made the boot menu 1:CD 2:HARDDRIVE 3:Floppy
it just skips the 1 and 2 and goes to 3, i also changed the orders many TIMES,
STILL comes back to the same thing. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When you've got the XP disc in your CD/DVD drive do the drive spin up during the boot up?
Is it a genuine XP disc?
Have the disc worked in the past?
hmm the disk is a copy but the activation key is genuine and it has worked in the past, the cd drive spins but it does not load.Have you used that disc to install XP on that computer before? The reason I ask is because some drives are a bit PICKY about booting from burned media.Yes i have.This might seem basic but just to be sure... are you SEEING any text on the monitor during the boot up. Like "Press any key to boot from CD"?
Any scratches or smudges on the disc? If yes try wiping it with a dry piece of cloth.
If not and you're sure the BIOS is set to boot from the CD, the problem might be the CD drive. Do you have another one you can try?I just need to know what do i type in A:\>
i tryed FDISK that did not workNo the disk is clean and it does not say "Press any key to boot from cd" Quote from: SuperDG on December 26, 2007, 09:25:00 AM I just need to know what do i type in A:\>
i tryed FDISK that did not work
I'm sorry but I don't get what you're trying to accomplish with your floppy boot disk. In order to install XP you will need a working XP install disc and CD drive.I read in another forum that you need the floppy to load up the drivers, because now the computer is blank.If you got a newer computer with SATA hard drives you may need drivers for the hard drive controller in order to install XP on the SATA hard drive. But these drivers are first necessary when the XP setup loads. Under normal circumstances this is about the only thing you should need a floppy disk for when installing XP.
Since you said your XP install disc have been used successfully to install XP on the computer before, I suspect it might be a problem with either your BIOS boot setup or your CD drive. But if you want you can try these XP boot disks. These are meant for computers that doesn't support booting from a CD.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994Quote from: SuperDG on December 26, 2007, 08:58:50 AMhmm the disk is a copy but the activation key is genuine and it has worked in the past, the cd drive spins but it does not load.
This is the dilemna right here...
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